Bis(4-acetylanilinium) tetrachlorocuprate(II)

Abstract

The title compound, (C8H10NO)2[CuCl4], crystallizes with one 4-acetyl­anilinium cation and one half of a tetra­chloro­cuprate(II) anion in the asymmetric unit as the anion lies about a mirror plane with the Cu atom and two Cl− ligands lying in the mirror plane. The geometry around the copper(II) ion is that of a discrete flattened tetra­hedron. The cations are connected through N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds leading to a lamellar structure parallel to the ab plane. These sheets are also connected through the anions by N—H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds, leading to a three-dimensional hydrogen-bonded network.